Metallic fence



Patented Jan. 28, l1896.

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(No Model.)

R. C. STEWART, Jr.'&^W. A. STEWART.

NTTRD STATES ATRNT OFFICE.

RICHARD C. STEVART, JR., AND WALLACE A. STEIVART, OF COVINGTON,

KENTUCKY. l

METALLIC FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent No. 553,629, dated January 28, 1896. Application led August 16, 1895. Serial No. 559,480. (No model.)

To aZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that we, RICHARD C. STEWART, J r., and WALLACE A. STEWART, citizens of the United States, residing at Covington, in the county of Kenton and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Fences; and we do hereby declare thefollowin g to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, reference being had to the annexed drawings, which form part of this speciiication.

This invention relates to those metallic fences whose sections or panels are supported upon caps capable of being adjusted both laterally and longitudinally of the top plates of the bases, and our improvements comprise a novel combination of devices for securely locking said caps in place after they have been shifted to the proper positions, the details of said combination being hereinafter more fully described, and then pointed out in the claims.

In the annexed drawings, Figure lisa side elevation of one section of our improved metallic fence. Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan of a cap and top plate of a base separated from each other. Fig. 3 is another plan, but showing said cap resting upon said plate and secured thereto with a square bolt. Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical section of the connected cap and plate, said section being taken longitudinally of Vsaid cap. Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8 show four modifications of our invention.

The supporting member of ourfence is a metallic skeleton base consisting of a soleplate A, standards B B', and top plate C, which parts may constitute an integral casting, or the standards B may be a bar of wrought metal, twisted at h and riveted or otherwise secured to said sole and top plates, as the exact shape and construction of said base are immaterial, provided it can be so securely anchored in the ground as not to be raised by the action of frost. The top plate C of the base is slotted -transversely at D, as more clearly seen in Fig. 2, and the opposite sides of said slot are indent-ed or notched at d for a purpose that will presently appear. The

upper side of this plate is flat to permit the snug application thereto of a cap-plate E, whose ends have tubular sockets F F', provided With set-screws ff', a longitudinal slot G being made intermediate of said sockets and having its sides indented ornotched at g.

H is a square bolt of the proper size to engage with the notches d g, as seen in Fig. 3, the lower end of said bolt being threaded at h to permit the application of a nut I. (Shown in Fig. 4.) J is a washer interposed between said nut and the under side of the plate C.

K is a vertical fence-rod having its lower end fastened in the front socket F, and L is an inclined brace whose lower end is secured in the rear socket F',

By referring to Fig. 3 it will be noticed that the two slots D and G are at right angles to each other and that the upper or'squa're part of the bolt I-I enters two opposite notches (l of the slot D, while the lower portion of said square engages with two opposite notches g of said slot G. Consequently said bolt acts as a cheap and simple locking device that eifectually prevents any accidental shifting of the cap E either longitudinally or laterally of the top plate C of the base; but when it is desired to shift this cap for the purpose of lining up the superstructure of the fence the nut I is unscrewed, the bolt H pulled out, and then said cap is moved either back or forth or to the right or left, as occasion requires, and as soon as the proper position is reached said bolt is again engaged with the appropriate notches d g and is once more secured immovably in place by means of its nut I.

The up-and-down adjustment of the rod or picket K and the proper setting of brace L to maintain the fence in a vertical position are old and well-known operations to all builders of metallic fences and require no further description in this specication.

In the modication of our invention seen in Fig. 5 the square bolt H' has teeth or ribs 7L' to engage with the notched slots D d G g,

` these teeth being more clearly shown in Fig.

6 as projecting from a cylindrical bolt; but Fig. 7 shows that the sides of the bolt may be notched vertically at h" to admit projections from the sides of the slots.

In Fig. 8 the bolt Il'" has one or more lugs h'" adapted to enter notches g' in the upper surface of cap E, but such notches or teeth maybe made in the under side of plate C, and

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admit lugs of the washer J. Finally the top-plate C, having a transverse slotD, whose above-described arrangement of slots maybe sides are notched at d, d; a cap E, mounted exactly reversed-that is to say, the longiupon said plate C, and having` a longitudinaltudinal slot may be made in the plate C and slot G, Whose sides are notched at r g; and a 5 the transverse slot in the cap E, and, if prebolt H, having a square portion that engages 2o ferred, the bolt H may be inverted,.so as to with said notches el, (Z, and g, g, all as herein cause its nut l to bear upon said cap. described, and for the purpose stated.

Te claim as our invention- In testimony whereof We aix our signal. A metallic fence-base provided with a tures in presence of two Witnesses. 1o topplate having a slot with notchedsides; A' A a cap mounted upon said plate, and having JR a slot with notched-sides3 and a bolt having J a square portion that engages with the notches NTitnesses: in said plate and cap, for the purpose stated. JAMES Il. LAYMAN, :5 2. A metallic fence-base provided with a ARTHUR MOORE. 

